Vent - My local Co-op.....

s_b

bcl999 wrote: »

Do the Co-op read this thread? See post number 50 above.

I passed my local this morning. They have a large poster in the window advertising 4pts milk at £1.25! They are now only 25% dearer than the Iceland right next door instead of 60%.

Another MSE result! (Well, kind of...)

you couldnt make this stuff up could you
or make it into a book
nobody would believe it

bcl999

Today - Saturday morning 11:30am - a busy time for grocery shopping? I would have thought so but then I am just a shopper and have no retail experience or training.

My local store again has just one till open - that's at the cigarette kiosk. There is a queue of people waiting to pay. At least today. I didn't waste any time shopping - just turned on my heels and left.

Apart from their offers (indeed, even with some of the offers), they are the dearest store in town - we don't have a Fortnum's or a Harrod's - and they can't be bothered to staff the place adequately.

Will they ever learn?

meer53

Just been to my local Co-op. Very busy, 2 checkouts open, bit of a queue but nothing to panic about. I only went for some fresh French bread but came out with 2 9 roll packs of Andrex for £7.50 and a pack of Walkers crisps (22 packets) for £3.00 !

Dreamnine

You're going to need all that Andrex.

s_b

went in my coop last night for a bottle of bells
one till open people 10 deep waiting to pay
walked out
went to the specialist down the street
perfect quick service and only £13.49
see i still try the coop but they really are a waste of time

meer53

Dreamnine wrote: »

You're going to need all that Andrex.

Lol !

I have a 25 year old son who thinks my house is his local pop in shop. If he runs out of anything, he knows i usually have it in stock, and it's free ! He shares a flat with a mate, don't think they've bought toilet rolls since they moved in 2 years ago. Or pizza, or bread, or beer, or ............:)

SHIPSHAPE

whitegoods_engineer wrote: »

For Christ's sake it's CENTRE. This is not America.

How do you know the poster isn't American? If so, quite an understandable faux pas.

In any case, what's the big deal?

SHIPSHAPE

The Co-Op is a joke for prices and I also find Tesco, and especially Tesco Metro/Express, to be almost as bad.

I detest having to use them if I run out of milk or something. Tin of Whiskas 79p, what a laugh.

Furrtiv

Whoops, well that was an appropriate error to make for this thread, wasn't it? I'm old-fashioned, in that my handwriting is excellent, but my typing skills leave a lot ot be desired!

Meant to say twenty quid, NOT £20m!!! lol

bcl999

We guessed!